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Pleistocene-Age Denisovan Fossil Found in Taiwan


A 190,000- to 10,000-year-old fossilized mandible found in the Penghu Channel, Taiwan, in the 2000s belonged to a male Denisovan, according to an analysis of ancient proteins.

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